Ross and I started our day by heading over to Berkely. We dined at a super cute little cafe, Guerilla Cafe - all local, organic and revolutionary. :)

Then it was off to the university. The town was a little dodgy, but the university was beautiful - especially the Science centre at the top of the hill with a great view of the city. The road leading up to it was a bit scary though - crazy climbs and overlooks ...and I freaked out a little - but nothing compared to later in the day....

After seeing our fill of the university, we drove out to Napa. The scenery was beautiful - rolling hills with vineyards....although I was expecting something a little less urban. We never really got out of traffic...Napa was as described in the guidebooks, cute, quaint, and a little bit boring. We did stop in at one of the outlets though and got some nice sweaters and pants for our fall wardrobe...

After Napa, we headed over to Sonoma and had a nice lunch in the Sunflower cafe. I had a really delicious Mahi-mahi sandwich. Mmmm. Then we decided to stop in at some vineyards. We stopped at Valley of the Moon and had some very mediocre wines, but the experience was lots of fun. We then stopped at another winery down the road and had some more tastings - a few better wines, but it was hard to judge since we weren't that familiar with the regional wines. Certainly very different from here. It was fun finding out that we liked doing something so "bourgie"!

After driving through Sonoma, it was about 3 in the afternoon, so we decided to head over to Point Reyes. We figured we were making good time and would have no problem getting back in time for our flight at 10. The drive to point Reyes was beautiful - lots of winding roads and rolling fog - in fact, the temperature in Napa was close to 101, and at Point Reyes, closer to 60!! We made it to point Reyes station and had a bite to eat at a fun little organic & local restaurant. (That's the way they do it there....)

We looked at the clock, and decided to try to head to Point Reyes, where the San Andres fault meets the ocean. However, after checking the map, we realized that the road home was pretty winedy, and would likely take us a lot longer than we anticipated, so we decided to head back. What a good call!!

The road home was INSANE. Not only was it winedy, but it was HIGH. We're talking MASSIVE cliffs right off the road, no shoulder, and locals riding your tail 'cause you're following the speed limits. The corners were insane. I pretty much had to close my eyes, do breathing exercises, wipe the cold sweat off my palms and yell at Ross to keep his hands at 10 and 2....'cause he was the one driving. All he remembers of the drive was that the ashphalt was a nice colour. haha. It was beautiful, but not for the faint of heart. For example, there were no guard rails on these massive cliffs, not because they were unecessary, but becasue there was NO ROOM on the shoulder for them. That's unreasonable. The only thing I've ever seen in my life that compares to it was the Furka and Susten passes in Switzerland. Ugh. (Appologies for no photos, but I was busy freaking out...)

FINALLY we got back to the city, crossed the Golden Gate Bridge, and were right on time for the airport. However, at the corner of Mission and Van Ness, traffic seemed to stop. We waited for a minute, and realized that it was because it was San Francisco's Critical Mass ride. In Kingston, we have this as well. However, it was GIGANTIC. We sat at the intersection for 15 minutes while cyclists road by. I was getting antsy....and then a guy road by with no pants. haha. Just a leather thong. Only in SF.....We were a little concerned that they were getting on the freeway, but seemingly not. (Oh, did I mention that the Bay bridge was closed? They backed up traffic from downtown to the Golden Gate bridge....insane.)

We arrived at the airport, checked in, and were right on time. I changed into my pj's for the red eye, and then slept all the way back to New York....and then all the way to Syracuse....and then all the way to Kingston....but poor Ross could hardly sleep at all.